(Clockwise from top left) Merijn Heidema, Eric Peijpers, Richard Ouwehand and Martin Hans Sinke were each handed fines on April 2. - ST
SINGAPORE: Four Dutchmen, who were crew members on Netherlands-flagged dredger Vox Maxima when it struck another vessel and caused the worst oil spill in Singapore in a decade, were each handed fines on Wednesday (April 2).
Merijn Heidema, 26, who was a third engineer at the time of the incident in June 2024, and Eric Peijpers, 56, then a second engineer, were each fined S$40,000.
